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Gloucestershire / Re: Glow?
« on: Monday 21 October 24 19:33 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: hanes teulu on Monday 21 October 24 15:21 BST (UK)
Can I just check your source? Are you reading the original magazine page or an OCR transcript of the original. It's remarkable how many instances of "Glow" appear under the OCR transcript but the original reads "Glou" or "Glos".

Are you seeing "the real thing"?

This is from the original magazine, but it didn't even occur to me that 'Glow' could be a typo and might have been meant to be 'Glou' or 'Glos'. Thank you!

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Gloucestershire / Re: Glow?
« on: Monday 21 October 24 19:32 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Capetown on Monday 21 October 24 17:06 BST (UK)
?

National Archives

Held by: Gloucestershire Archives
Date: 1805-1930

'Caer Glow" (formerly The Retreat), CAM, and 3r. 26p

Reference: D4453/61

Description:

'Caer Glow (formerly The Retreat) Cam, and 3r 26p pasture (part of the estate of THOMAS GABB, d1877 Cam and Coaley.

Including office copy will of Robert DAVIES Underwood, Coaley Mills, edge tool manufacturer, pr 1827, sale particulars, 1r 36p. Lower Halmore's Field, Coaley, 1865, office copy will of Susanna King, Cam, widow pr 1898 etc etc.

(jn: Leonard, Underwood family, Thos Hardwick, Thos. Gabb, Geo Packer, Hen. Ruther, Fry Family, Wm. Turner, Thos and Susanna King - Arthur and Kate Ashbee)

DateL 1805-1930.

Brilliant, thank you for this!

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Gloucestershire / Re: Glow?
« on: Monday 21 October 24 19:31 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: hanes teulu on Monday 21 October 24 15:07 BST (UK)
What date are you talking about - for example

Gloucester Journal, Dec 17 1938

Thank you for this! This was in the 1970s, but I suspect the person was alive in the 30s so it could well be a colloquialism that's a hang on from an earlier time.

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Gloucestershire / Glow?
« on: Monday 21 October 24 14:35 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

I've come up something in my research where somebody has written to a magazine and ended the letter with their name, followed by Glow (where someone would traditionally say where they were from). Has Gloucestershire ever colloquially been shortened to 'Glow'?

I've already been in contact with the Postal Museum who don't have anything officially listed that would suggest Gloucestershire could be sometimes called Glow, but I did find that even today Gloucester is known as Caerloyw in modern Welsh. And that the Old English name was Glewe/Gleawe.

Does anybody know if I'm correct in this?

Thank you in advance, any insights would be super appreciated!

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Gloucestershire Lookup Requests / Re: Martin Spencer
« on: Monday 20 May 24 15:05 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Cas (stallc) on Sunday 19 May 24 19:56 BST (UK)
Welcome to Rootschat  :)

Only one of that name born 1923 registered Holburn  (Searched 1915 - 1930 all counties) that is if he was born in England/Wales or did not name change.

https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Cas

That's really helpful, I'll take a look. Thank you so much! :)

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Gloucestershire Lookup Requests / Re: Martin Spencer
« on: Monday 20 May 24 15:04 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: cath151 on Sunday 19 May 24 19:51 BST (UK)
Hi
Welcome :)
Phone books (Ancestry) have his address 1977 to 1984 (could be there before or after) as Hartpury Cott., Chedworth   Fossebridge.

Cathy

Hello Cathy,

Amazing, thank you so much!  :)

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Gloucestershire Lookup Requests / Martin Spencer
« on: Sunday 19 May 24 19:33 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

I'm looking for somebody and unfortunately the information I have is limited currently, so I'm hoping for any leads that anybody may have.

His name is/was: Martin Spencer and he lived in Hartpury, Chedworth, Gloucestershire in the 1970s. I have evidence that he definitely lived in Hartpury in 1975. It's likely that he was born somewhere around 1920, but it could be a little bit earlier.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Alternatively, does anybody know where I might find something like a telephone directory for Hartpury for around that time?

Thanks in advance and apologies for the small amount of information! :)

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